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Opera web browser turns 15
Back in 1994, Firefox wasn't even a twinkle in the eyes of the team working on the popular Netscape browser. And Microsoft didn't release Internet Explorer 1 until 1995.
Over the last 15 years, Opera has continually added features that were later adopted by other browsers, including tabs, mouse gestures, speed dial bookmarks, and full page zoom.
To celebrate the anniversary, Opera has put together a portal with a comic strip, 15 reasons to try Opera, and a list of innovations that showed up first in the Opera browser.
You might also want to check out Opera.com today for a quick refresher on what the web looked like 15 years ago.
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Subscribe to commentsder_tuxmanApr 28th 2009 2:17PM
Ehm, fail; Opera was NOT the first tabbed browser (it was InternetWorks, also back in 1994), the same applies to Full Page Zoom (dunno which one had it earlier, though).
And Opera sucks. Compared to Firefox. :)
aApr 28th 2009 2:23PM
i'll switch to opera if it supports bookmark toolbar with icons. right i'll stick with chrome.
HylicApr 28th 2009 2:39PM
Tools>Appearance>Toolbars> and check off Personal Bar
To add a bookmark there just drag it or right click>properties and check off show in personal bar.
Kenn.keeperApr 28th 2009 2:43PM
I have been using Opera for over 7 years now and find it still to be one of the best browsers to use. It's all a matter of choice on what browser you choose and yes Firefox is my #2 choice. I also base my choice on speed and mem usage (check your Task Manager)....Users of FF have a habit of wanting to add all kinds of bells and whistles offered in the add-ons section, which ultimatly slows down the browser, me, I just want a browser that works good.....
Kenn.....
ZeRoApr 28th 2009 2:57PM
but i love my bell and whistles.
der_tuxmanApr 28th 2009 2:44PM
Kenn: You don't /have/ to install add-ons. :)
Kenn.keeperApr 28th 2009 2:52PM
Please read posts carefully, I was not refering to you had to add anything to FF. Most, not all users of FF have a habit of wanting to add all kinds of bells and whistles offered in the add-ons section,
TheAngryGamerApr 28th 2009 3:02PM
I'm with Kenn. I love Opera, and have for years. I've never, ever had a problem with it, and it has always seemed cutting edge to me, as well as extremely fast. My favorite thing about it has been the small memory footprint that's been relatively consistent over the years.
All of that said, FF 3.1B3 (haven't been home yet to d/l 3.5 B4) is by far my browser of choice *right now*. Its speed is unreal, and startup time blows me away every single time I fire it up. Matched with the latest Ubuntu beta, and I'm loving my machine more and more by the day.
cmsb55Apr 29th 2009 7:27AM
I tried Opera once and really liked it except for the fact that Gmail didn't ever seem to work correctly with it as it wasn't officially supported. Opera seemed to have problems rendering other sites as well. In the end, I simply couldn't live without my add-ons.
Ari BApr 29th 2009 1:28PM
Here here, 15 great years of progress. I love opera, and yes its probably just because I started using it before firefox that I love it so much but once I found Ctrl+B (paste and go) I was hooked for life, keep up the great work!
p.s. the one site that stinks is airtran.com you can go through the whole purchase process but for some reason the final "buy" button doesn't work . . . I blame Airtran :-D